Burning his lifespan, burning his divine soul, burning his soul, burning his consciousness, burning his cultivation, burning his Star Soul, burning absolutely everything he had-he staked it all on the most extreme form of self-detonation, clung tightly to that Guixuan expert, and exploded with a thunderous boom!
He blew that swaggering Guixuan expert to pieces on the spot!
The Guixuan expert did not die, however. His actual cultivation far surpassed that of the God-Imperial cultivator, and despite the calamity erupting at his elbow, despite his mangled body, he ultimately survived.
But he paid the heaviest price for it. That sudden self-detonation left him crippled and damaged his foundations-and the damage was beyond healing...
Before he had even recovered, this Guixuan expert announced his retirement from Jianghu. It was not a matter of withdrawing bravely from the raging current, but of fear—fear from the very depths of his soul.
"This world has far too many dangers, and even more unpredictable calamities. All I did was glance at someone, and he rushed over and blew himself up... Ah, Jianghu is no longer what it used to be. There's too much viciousness!"
Those were the man's final words of reflection.
From then on, Jianghu truly never again saw that Guixuan expert who had once strutted about so arrogantly, like a peacock displaying its tail!
His retirement was thorough-that self-detonation had blasted him into fearing the sight of anyone. Whoever he looked at, fear and terror welled up inside him!
No matter whom he encountered, he did not even dare look at them-his lingering trauma had become that severe.
He no longer even dared fight. What could he do but retire?
That was the consequence of casually glancing at someone. It really was that serious!
And so, the moment Hanging Ghost, the leader of